Panzer tanks - Tanks Second World War German documentary
German production of armored fighting vehicles during World War II.
The figures include production from the reservoir and production of chassis used for other variants, for example, the Panzer III figures include production StuG III, etc.
Panzer III Figures for 1942 and 1943 excludes 700 models Panzer III N converted from older versions.
Germany also produced 21.880 armored half-tracks and 3,607 armored cars during the war.
Panzer I 1893 prewar hulls had been produced 1867 were equipped with turrets, and the rest used as command vehicles These lightly armed and armored tanks were designed as training vehicles, but were used in combat as the war is came earlier than the military had anticipated.
Panzer IV A-F1 - Panzer IV with short-barreled 75 mm L 24.
Panzer IV F2-J - Panzer IV with long 75 mm L 43 or L 48 gun.
StuG IV - Assault Gun modified superstructure Sturmgeschütz III Ausf G on the Panzer IV chassis; armed with 75 mm gun L 48 167.
Jagdpanzer IV - tank shredder with 75 mm L gun 48 on the chassis 162 Panzer IV.
Jagdpanzer IV 70 - tank shredder with 75 mm L gun 70 Panzer IV chassis 162 1.
Brummbär Brummbär - 150 mm field howitzer on the chassis 166 Panzer IV.
Hornisse - 88 mm PaK43 1 auf Geschützwagen III IV later known as Sd Kfz Nashorn 164.
Hummel - 150 mm field howitzer chassis Geschützwagen III IV 165.
Möbelwagen - Anti Aircraft 37mm Flak 43 L 89 on the Panzer IV chassis Flakpanzer IV.
Wirbelwind - Aircraft Anti quadruple 20mm FlaK 38 L 112 5 guns on the chassis Panzer IV, with armored turret Flakpanzer IV.
Ostwind - Anti Aircraft 37mm Flak 43 L 89 on the Panzer IV chassis with armored turret Flakpanzer IV.
Panzer IV was armed with a low speed of 75 mm L 24 pistol In 1942, it was upgraded to 75 mm L 43 gun, and in 1943 to 75 mm gun L 48 For the purposes of the table below above, these firearms are classified as long and displayed on the same line Ausf F2-J.
Panzer V Panther was armed with a 75 mm KwK 42 L 70 171 pistol.
Jagdpanther - tank shredder with a 88 mm L 71 PaK43 gun on the Panzer V chassis 173.
Tiger I Panzer VI E H was reinforced with a 88 mm barrel 56 L 181.
Sturmtiger - Based on Tiger I chassis mortar rocket 380 mm on the frame Tiger I converted damaged combat tanks.
Panzer VI Tiger II B, also known as Königstiger was armed with a 88 mm cannon 71 L 182.
Jagdtiger - Based on chassis Tiger II Tank Destroyer armed with a 128 mm gun L 55 PaK44 186.
Ferdinand Elefant 184 used the chassis of the losing Porsche entry for the Tiger competition see the history of Tiger I design In addition to the chassis, was mounted facing forward 88 mm L 71 pistol.
German tank production began in 1934 when Adolf Hitler Germany Untethered restrictions of the Versailles Treaty 2 German industry were no weapons produced in many years, and the time needed to develop the necessary techniques for steel hardening and for tooling development arm 3 produce the first type of product tank was the two-man, air cooled Pz I clear container which two machine guns mounted in a rotatable turret designed and produced by Krupp was developed as a training vehicle and was the first tank panzer formations were given to perform exercises and develop their methods 4 It was not planned to use the fight the main battle tank of German army had to be Panzer III, with the Panzer IV as an additional vehicle to help overcome a strong highlights delays in the developme opment and production have led to the production of an intermediate vehicle, the Panzer II liquid-cooled 4 This device mounted a 20 mm gun and started production the following you ar It is not yet known how the tanks would be used in the next war, nor it clear that the battle tank against tank would be a major operation that reservoirs should perform some planned military theorists tanks operating in support of the infantry cavalry arm Heer saw the main function of the tanks recognition 5 This view was in sharp conflict with the ideas of the proponents of armored warfare in Germany, mainly Heinz Guderian Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma and Walther von Reichenau 6 It was not until 1937 that the first 38 tanks Panzer means III and Panzer IV began to appear 2 It was expected that the panzer forces would be equipped with their vehicles for some time after 1940.
The evaluation of the ability of industrialized countries to replace combat losses, Guderian compared the world nations based on the automobile production for 1936 as follows.
Noting that Germany was the third largest automobile producer in the world, Guderian expected that Germany would be competitive with its main rivals and have the ability to replace losses in wartime 7 This proves to be a rather optimistic projection, for Germany had great difficulty in replacing vehicles losses throughout the war over, the evaluation of the relative strength assumes that the United States is a non-combatant capacity of the US industry overshadowed the industrialized countries of Europe, and that fact became clear towards the end of the North African campaign in late 1942 Finally, the table does not include Soviet production capacity, which would be large enough Guderian knew 8.
Early in the development of Heer settled on the concept of the tank with a commander who was in radio communication with his superiors and the tanks of the basic design called for a larger turret to house the tank commander, gunner and loader, while a driver and a machine were in the hull Guderian emphasized the commander of the tank being in radio communication with both the pack and with the members of his own tank crew 9 Thus, reservoirs have both a radio high frequency and an intercom system to allow communication in the din of the battle Although the Panzer III was designed as the main battle tank of the Wehrmacht, the Wehrmacht did not plan to be at war with the great powers of Europe in 1939, and some were available at the beginning of the war 10 Czech Excluding built tanks, September 1, 1939, invasion of Poland was undertaken with German armored force of 3195 divided tanks also between the training tank Pz I and the light tank Pz II, with 1145 Pz that is, 1,226 IIs Pz of main battle tanks, only 98 Pz III were service during the invasion of Poland and 211 Pz IVs, with 215 tanks of different models are available as command tanks after being modified by having their main armament removed and installed 11 additional communication.
The production of tanks in Germany began in 1934 due to the insertion of the Nazi party in the procurement process and the political considerations that have nothing to do with the purpose of providing weapons for the military, companies ended by winning the contracts for tank production was limited actual experience in mass production Ford and Opel, two manufacturers with considerable knowledge and capacity of assembly line techniques are not allowed to participate in the process 'tender 5 Germany in general and industry in the production of German tanks in particular was not prepared for total war that Germany came in 1939 in contrast to the Messerschmitt 109 fighter plane, which was designed by Willy Messerschmitt with the production of a large number of aircraft in 1939 in mind, tank design and production in Germany was a work has rtisan expected German industry support of the armed forces in the brief conflict Total commitment to war production was not made until th e middle in the conflict Surprisingly, the production of civilian vehicles was not set aside until 1943.
In view of the outbreak of the war, major companies engaged in tank production is not the space for the expansion of their production lines accordingly, unlike Allied Manufacturers, Manufacturers German tanks never came to a point where they were the formation of excess inventory and storage of finished goods Although these companies expand the growing demand of the ongoing war, it was only Albert assignment Speer as minister of armaments that real efforts have been made to ensure mass production technology industry to German tank production.
During the period before the war, all businesses, except Alkett which was under the control of the Borsig Rhine-Metal, a subsidiary of Hermann Göring Works were without government control shares of companies with available stock the purchase by the public all these companies, except Alkett yet, have produced tanks in addition to their normal production in peacetime trucks, locomotives and other heavy equipment ONWARD 1935, the government has gradually increased its control over the industries involved in the rearming of the Nazi party of the four-year plan introduced in 1936 Hermann Göring placed in the direction of the state's efforts to bring the industry to state control 12 through threats and coercion Göring was able to extend the control of the Nazi party private industry involved in the production of steel and armaments 13 in 1938, this control included rationing material s first essential, factory stock, working hours, pay rates, working conditions, bui lding and expansion of machine tools, the location of plants and dividends All businesses been forced to join the economic Council of the container industry which handled all matters affecting the industry.
Shooting Changing the manufacturing industry of the German tank.
The manufacturing industry of the tank in Germany was not concentrated in a particular geographic location were major plants located in Nuremberg, Kassel, Braunschweig, Magdeburg and Berlin However, there was a certain geographical concentration of tank components manufacturers , such as motors and gears to Friedrichshafen, covers, turrets and canons of Ruhr, the tread rubber in Hannover, and instruments Berlin These places, if prohibited, represent a potential bottleneck in the manufacture of German tank.
German production of armored fighting vehicles during World War II, German armored fighting.